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In a past job, we had one of these along with several Super-Chromega dichroic head enlargers. I recall that your head uses Wratten gel filters to provide the colored light. These fade due to light...

You may be having trouble focusing. I may be Captain Obvious, but use a good focusing scope and find a light/dark edge in your image to be sure you're getting it right.

There are two Tri-X films for still cameras. 1) Tri-X Pan Professional, EI320, known as TXP, available in sheets (and formerly in 120 rolls). And 2) Tri-X 400, available in 35mm these days. They are...

Baldwin Lee is speaking at the George Eastman Museum tomorrow night. If I still lived in Rochester I'd certainly be there.

My idea was to show what an ordinary subject (my backyard) looked like under the 83% eclipse seen here in Tucson.
Of course there were high thin clouds to diffuse the effect- a loss of about 2-1/2...

I've successfully used a 19" (480mm) f/11 Goerz Red Dot Artar on an 8x10 camera in the field, and a friend has long used his 24" (600mm) version of that lens.
But certainly the 600mm Nikkor-T would...

What an interesting project to tackle. It's looking good!
Do you have a source of film that you've designed your camera around? It seems that even aerial film is hard to find these days.

That lens might cover 8x10 at portrait distances. It was meant for very high-resolution aerial work on 5" roll film, but who knows how big the image circle might actually be?
And of course, no one...

Never having noticed BW-65 before, I took a look at the Formulary's site. It's not listed there.
I've been using their Liquidol with good results for the last five years or so. I haven't done any...

An interesting mountain of glass. Perhaps you could mount it on a tailboard camera, like a B&J Rembrandt.
Should provide an unusual perspective for portraits..

That's good news. It's always a pleasure to know that quality, expensive gear can be still serviced by professionals.
For the record, in recent decades ITT has been just a giant holding company,...

Welcome Alessio!

Here's the easy way to find your answer.
Cut a sheet into 4x5s and make four exposures. 1)normal 2) 1 stop over 3) 2 stops over 4) 3 stops over.
Develop normally- whatever your usual method is....

I've often thought of visiting Wales. I've only seen the south coast from the English side of the Bristol Channel (Porlock), though. Someday!

'X' synch is for electronic flash, which fires instantaneously when the shutter is triggered.
'M' synch is for regular flashbulbs. There is a several millisecond delay for the flashbulb to ignite....

Welcome aboard, or welcome back! I look forward to reading your contributions and seeing your photographs.

John, I was speaking speculatively out of ignorance. Thanks for sharing your experience... I got into LF long ago partly because of the lack of grain (and the increased detail and beautiful tonality)...

Welcome aboard! Please feel free to ask questions, provide answers, and share some pictures too.

I'll suggest that any such test should include some blue sky- I think that one of the significant questions with ortho film is how the skies are rendered. My own test from long ago showed that with...

Sadly, Royal-X Pan has been discontinued for at least 30 years. Maybe try paper developer- it's more active than a film developer and will likely give you more grain along with its increased contrast.

Like any number of modern LF devices, the inspired inventors/marketers don't understand the amount of engineering skill and time necessary to provide a finished, working product. Like the software...

The only word to describe going out to photograph in those conditions is "intrepid". I've lived through several ice storms in my life, and never want to experience another.

There's a recipe out there, and someone will know it. But I just throw a bunch into a tray of water- maybe a couple of tablespoons worth in 2 liters of water. Sometimes my craft is less than perfect....

!) Citric acid will work perfectly as a stop bath- and it doesn't stink. I just bought a 1.8 lb bottle from Amazon for maybe $12- several years' worth.
2) I've used the best Peak grain focuser, on...

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I haven't used my Dyna-Lites in six months or so. I'll follow your advice... they aren't making any more of those so I should take care of them.

We have more options now, certainly. But are they good options? The current over-sharpened, HDR, ultra-dramatic look finds little favor with me.
Certainly using such techniques will not give you...

Since they aren't making any more of them, I think shutters should be repaired where possible. Of course I have several that could use a technician's attention, but that's a different story.
Carol...

FWIW, the Graflex 203/7.5 Optar (made by Wollensak) is not the same lens as the Kodak 203/7.7 Ektar, and the coatings are different. The Optar is a post-WWII design and is coated. I believe (haven't...

Ahh, the days when an industrial photographer wore a suit and tie. And dress shoes to climb ladders! I started out as an industrial shooter in 1984, but by that time there was no longer a dress code...

I've made two books through Blurb. The printing quality has been acceptable- better than I'd expected. I expect that achieving better printing quality (from anyone) will come at a significant cost...

3414 is a high-contrast, very high resolution aerial film meant for very high-altitude work (think U-2 and SR-71). It has little in common with the old 35mm Panatomic-X. (As you probably know, Kodak...

Well, Speedos are rugged, powerful, and reliable. Pretty much the standard gear for commercial studio photographers for at least 45 years. Other brands have gone under- Balcar, Bowens/Calumet,...

Well done, Notorious! A fine photograph that somehow reminds me of Josef Sudek.

David, since you've excited all this interest, please let us know what you decide to do- and eventually share some pictures with us.

I'm very happy to hear of your new workshop. I doubt that I'll send you any repair business form the USA, but it is heartening to know that you are carrying on a noble tradition. Certainly you will...

A quick read of the 'about us' section of the website reveals that this is the company who made Unicolor chemistry back in the day. I hope that they can provide quality as good as EK did themselves...

How it was stored will likely have an effect. But as I reported recently, I was given some 4x5 TXP 523 film pack that expired in the mid-70s. Exposed at about E! 20 to get past the fog, it still...

Which edition do you have? There were several (considerably different) ones, ranging from the 1950s forward.

(off-topic) but ic-racer, that's a marvelous photo. Thanks for sharing it.